Personally I'd be all over that black sparkle with a nice parchment pickguard!
It is a bit of a shame about the relic job though, could you contact them and ask if it would be possible to order an unreliced one? Surely couldn't cost any more?
If they were in stock they'd be on the site, they seem to be a bit of a clearing house for surplus stock from all the big brands. Just been looking at their FenderĀ® necks, so pricey!
This is pretty hard to beat for US$769.99, I'd move the guard on, obvs. And for US$699.98 I can get the fully loaded black sparkle body.